Flea Market Love Letters

Back Home in Southern France December 9, 1944 Dear Mom, I’ve enclosed three pictures of the boys took of Walter and I. The one of “Walt”...

Nov 24 1944 S France Dear Mother + Dad, I’m writing this letter with another new pen. It arrived in the package from Weston. I like the...

October 30 1944 Dear Mother + Dad, I’m sitting here at a table here in France with oil cloth on it like some we use to to have many years...

Oct 25, 1944 Southern France Dear Mom + Pop, I see by the day that you two are married twenty eight years today. I hope the Vmail card...

Oct 22, 1944 S.France Dear Mother Dad + Ele, Received quite a bit of mail tonight including picture clippings, air mails Vmails. The...

Oct 20, 1944 Dear Mother + Dad The enclosed post card is about the most beautiful I’ve seen since I’ve been over seas. The best part is...

August 18, 1944 Dear Dad, France is just as I would have expected to find it in peace time with it side walk cafes in full swing, the...

August 22, 1944 Dear Mother + Dad, Received three packages and quite a few letters and papers. The bread and butter pickles (the big jar)...

May 23, 1944 Africa Dear Folks, Bob Hopes on now, it nine oclock just about the time he was on back home. I see Brenda + Cobena are still...

April 25 For Mother’s Day Dear mom, In your last letter you said it was eight months ago that I left the “good old U.S.A.” How well I can...

Dec 16, 1943 North Africa Dear Mother & Dad, I liked very much the things you said on Armistice Day about the war being over. Mom your...

Dec 7, 1943 Dear Folks, It was plenty warm today this morning it looks like a storm, rainy day but the sun came out later an now its very...

Sept 7 North Africa Dear mom, Today we expect to go swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. Some of the fellows that have already been there...

Dear Folks, What this talk about my coming home again? Listen I had just been home on [unclear] day!! Furlough, it will have to last for...

Dear Mom, I’m writing while waiting for your call to come through. She said in a few minutes. I slept in town last night – as we have...

Dear Folks, Last night I wrote fast and furious about the guard duty at Wilson. Perhaps it was a bit jumbled so I try now to straiten it...

Dear Folks, As you can see by the postage this is Wilson calling. Jimmy Gilabins home town. We probably get to take a look at it tonight...

Dear Folks, Received the coke and nuts, please now on the packages, I have the things Westam {?} sent the last crackers you sent Ma and...

Dear Mom, I’ll bet you were surprised to hear from me by phone today?If i was seen who knows they have put me in the guard hour but who...

Dear Mom, Today the sergent called Walter and my name out to go for O.C.S. interview. Only solider with I.Q.’s over are called for the...